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(No Model.)

J. F. SLOAN.

FRAME FOR WOVEN MATTRESSES.

No. 336,444. Patented Feb. 16, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. SLOAN, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FRAME FOR WOVEN MATTRESSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,444, dated February 16, 1886.

Application filed October I, 1885. Serial No. 178,742.

(No model.)

Patented in Canada November 30, 1885. No. 22,9l7.

T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES FREDERICK SLOAN, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, manufacturer, have invented an Improved Frame for VVoven-Vvire Mattresses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in frames for woven-wire mattresses; and it consists in the peculiar combinations and the nox'el construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective View of my improved WOVeuWire-mattress frame as it ap pears when extended. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same folded. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of the end of the side bars on which the movable cross-head is supported.

In the drawings the figure inclosed in the dotted lines and marked A represents the woven-wire mattress, one end of which is fastened, in the usual way, to the cross-head B, which is rigidly bolted to the side bars, 0, by the bolts D,.as indicated. The other end of the mattress A is attached to the cross-head E, which rests upon the side bars, 0, as indicated, and is connected to them by the drawbolts F. On the end of each side bar, 0, a lug, G, is formed, through which lug a hole is made for the passage of the draw-bolt F,which also passes through a hole in the cross-head E, on the inside of which a nut, H, is placed on each draw-bolt F. These nuts H should be embedded in the cross-head E, so that they will not revolve, while the bolts F are screwed into their respective nuts; so itwill be seen that in order to stretch the mattress A it is merely necessary to turn the draw-bolts F so as to draw the cross-head E toward the lugs G, and when it is desired to remove the mattress A irom the frame it is merely necessary to unscrew the draw-bolts F and remove the bolts D, when the mattress may be rolled up on the cross'heads B and E, and the side bars may be packed separately, it of course being understood that the braces or stays I are also removed. It will be noticed that thesidebars, C, have an upward set at each end, so that the mattress A, when stretched as described, is held sufficiently far from the side bars, O, to prevent it coming in contact with them; consequently the party occupying the bed may sit or lie on its side without coming in contact with anything hard. It will be noticed that the side bars, 0, are divided in the center, the ends of the division overlapping each other and bolted together by the bolts J and K, the bolts J being also utilized for the purpose of securing the stays I, as shown.

In order to permit the frame to fold, the bolts K areremoved, when the frame may be folded, as indicated in Fig. 2.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- The combinatiou,with the divided sidebars, C, pivoted together at the adjacent ends of the two parts thereof, of the braces I, the bolts J securing said braces to the side bars, and the removable holts K, securing the two parts of the side bars together, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

Toronto, September 26, 1885.

JAMES F. SLOAN.

In presence ot' CHARLES C. BALDWIN, F. BARNARD FETHERSTONHAUGH. 

